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Meet IIT alumnus Dr J (Bob) Balaram, the man who helped design NASA's Ingenuity helicopter
Tech2 News Staff • 4 years agoBalaram had said if the Mars helicopter was successful, it would open up a whole new dimension of exploring Mars.
Curiosity rover on Mars shares stunning panorama, selfie with the rocky Mont Mercou
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoCuriosity drilled a sample of the rock, nicknamed ‘Nontron’ after the Earth village near which Mont Mercou is located in France.
Mars' Gale Crater 3 billion years ago resembled Iceland in terrain, temperature: study
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoTechniques of comparing Mars’ samples with present day Earth can help us find a lot more, the researchers said.
On NASA's Curiosity rover's eight anniversary, here are some of its top findings on Mars
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe car-sized rover created by NASA has travelled a total of 23.06km on the Red Planet while providing us with several images and important data.
On the move: NASA's pictures from Mars show where Curiosity rover is headed next
Trendingdesk • 5 years ago116 images that have been stitched together, show the path that the Curiosity rover will take as it drives to the 'sulfate-bearing unit.'
Solar eclipses on Mars recreated based on data, visuals from NASA's Curiosity rover
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThough the Red Planet has two moons – Phobos and Deimos – neither is large enough to completely cover the Sun's disk.
NASA defers launch of Perseverance Mars rover to 22 July after contamination breach
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe Perseverance rover mission will still make the same launch window, after the scheduled launch moved by two days from 20 July.
NASA's Curiosity Rover shares selfie from Mars that it captured during its ‘steepest’ climb ever
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoIt was one of the steepest slopes any manmade creation has climbed outside Earth and it took three tries for the rover to climb it.
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover nearing completion, set to search for evidence of past life
• 5 years agoIf successful, Mars 2020 will mark NASA’s fifth Martian rover to carry out a soft landing.
Space and Astronomy in 2019: Unforgettable findings and events in space exploration, the universe
• 5 years agoWe saw the first black hole photo, many moon landings, the most distant asteroid ever imaged beyond Pluto among other spectacular wonders.